"hand-off" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: hand-offs [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from hand off. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|hand off}} Deverbal from hand off Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hand-off (countable and uncountable, plural hand-offs)
  1. (American football) A pass made in a backward direction. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Football (American)
    Sense id: en-hand-off-en-noun-5UsQc1W~ Categories (other): English deverbals Disambiguation of English deverbals: 23 22 8 19 28 Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (aviation) The transfer of the radar identification of an aircraft from one controller to another when the aircraft enters the receiving controller's airspace and radio communications with the aircraft are transferred. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-hand-off-en-noun-dtJG5pOk Categories (other): English deverbals Disambiguation of English deverbals: 23 22 8 19 28 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (business) The passing of a completed project to another person or group. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-hand-off-en-noun-uwkB66wV Topics: business
  4. (rugby) The act of pushing an opponent away with an open hand. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Rugby
    Sense id: en-hand-off-en-noun-cB7KuDBC Categories (other): English deverbals Disambiguation of English deverbals: 23 22 8 19 28 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, sports
  5. (computing) The transfer of control to another subsystem. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-hand-off-en-noun-a-ve2gMP Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English deverbals: 23 22 8 19 28 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 23 8 17 31 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 20 23 8 12 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 21 11 13 32 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: drop-off

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